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Van Allen, James A.

American physicist

in full James Alfred Van Allen

born Sept. 7, 1914, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, U.S.

died Aug. 9, 2006, Iowa City, Iowa

American physicist, whose discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts (Van Allen radiation belt), two zones of radiation encircling Earth, brought about new understanding of cosmic radiation and its effects on Earth.

Van Allen attended Iowa Wesleyan College (B.S., 1935) and the University of Iowa (M.S., 1936; Ph.D., 1939). During World War II he served as a naval officer and helped develop the radio proximity fuse for naval artillery shells. In 1946 he was placed in charge of high altitude research at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Md. He supervised the testing and use of captured German V-2 rockets for upper atmosphere exploration and assisted in the development of the Aerobee, one of the first rockets built for research purposes.

In 1951 Van Allen became professor of physics at the University of Iowa, where he taught until his retirement in 1985. He was one of the scientists who proposed a program of worldwide cooperation in research, the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957–58. The instrumentation of the early Explorer satellites, part of the United States' IGY program, was built by Van Allen and his associates. Launched on Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 was the first successful U.S. space satellite. The information on cosmic radiation gathered by the Explorer satellites led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts. He later participated in the development of numerous space probes built to study planetary and solar physics.

Van Allen wrote numerous papers and journal articles. He also edited Scientific Uses of Earth Satellites (1956) and was an associate editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research (1959–64) and Physics of Fluids (1958–62). He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1959 and was president of the American Geophysical Union from 1982 to 1984. In 1987 he was awarded the National Medal of Science.

词条	Van Allen, James A.
释义	Van Allen, James A. American physicist in full James Alfred Van Allen born Sept. 7, 1914, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, U.S. died Aug. 9, 2006, Iowa City, Iowa American physicist, whose discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts (Van Allen radiation belt), two zones of radiation encircling Earth, brought about new understanding of cosmic radiation and its effects on Earth. Van Allen attended Iowa Wesleyan College (B.S., 1935) and the University of Iowa (M.S., 1936; Ph.D., 1939). During World War II he served as a naval officer and helped develop the radio proximity fuse for naval artillery shells. In 1946 he was placed in charge of high altitude research at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Md. He supervised the testing and use of captured German V-2 rockets for upper atmosphere exploration and assisted in the development of the Aerobee, one of the first rockets built for research purposes. In 1951 Van Allen became professor of physics at the University of Iowa, where he taught until his retirement in 1985. He was one of the scientists who proposed a program of worldwide cooperation in research, the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957–58. The instrumentation of the early Explorer satellites, part of the United States' IGY program, was built by Van Allen and his associates. Launched on Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 was the first successful U.S. space satellite. The information on cosmic radiation gathered by the Explorer satellites led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts. He later participated in the development of numerous space probes built to study planetary and solar physics. Van Allen wrote numerous papers and journal articles. He also edited Scientific Uses of Earth Satellites (1956) and was an associate editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research (1959–64) and Physics of Fluids (1958–62). He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1959 and was president of the American Geophysical Union from 1982 to 1984. In 1987 he was awarded the National Medal of Science.
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